GEORGIA FARM REPORT May 31, 2005 Volume 05-Number 05 Poultry Summary-Monthly & Annual Peanut Stocks Cottonseed Livestock Production & Income Stephens Federal Building, Suite 320 Athens, Georgia 30601 Phone: (706)546-2236 E-mail: nass-ga@nass.usda.gov W ebsite: http://www.nass.usda.gov/ga HIGHLIGHTS Livestock Slaughter Wheat Forecast Cotton Ginnings Agricultural Prices Hay Stocks Tobacco Farm Labor Cotton Milk Production & Income EGGS IN INCUBATORS--APRIL 1, 2004-2005 UNITED STATES Item 2004 2005 --Thousands-- Chickens, Egg Type 33,311 34,086 Chickens, Broiler Type 653,401 658,034 Turkeys, All Breeds 30,363 29,059 [Results from the m onthly Chicken and Egg Report and the m onthly Turkey Hatchery Report]. % of Year Ago --Percent-- 102 101 96 POULTRY HATCHING AND PLACEMENT--MARCH 2004-2005 January thru March Item 2004 2005 % of year ago 2004 2005 % of year ago --Thousands-- --Percent-- --Thousands-- --Percent-- Pullet Chicks Placed Domestic (U.S.) 1/ Broiler Type 6,815 7,077 104 20,966 20,811 99 Egg Type 401 314 78 810 679 84 Chicks Hatched - Broiler Type Georgia 121,592 123,271 101 355,395 358,760 101 United States 791,915 815,782 103 2,294,320 2,343,082 102 Chicks Hatched - Egg Type Georgia 2,385 2,394 100 7,231 6,888 95 United States 37,545 39,888 106 104,623 109,559 105 Turkeys Poults Placed 2/ United States 24,215 23,376 97 160,948 153,095 95 [Results from the m onthly Chicken and Egg Report and the m onthly Turkey Hatchery Report]. 1/ Dom estic placem ents as reported by leading breeders includes expected pullet replacem ents from eggs sold during the preceding m onth at the rate of 125 pullet chicks per 30 dozen case of eggs. 2/ Accum ulated turkey poults placed are Septem ber 1 to current m onth. NUMBER OF LAYERS AND EGG PRODUCTION--DURING MARCH 2004-2005 1/ Number of Layers Eggs per 100 Layers Total Eggs Produced 2004 2005 2004 2005 2004 2005 --Thousands-- --Number-- --Millions-- GEORGIA Hatching 9,123 9,284 1,885 1,928 172 179 Table 11,387 11,051 2,275 2,244 259 248 Total Georgia 20,510 20,335 2,101 2,100 431 427 UNITED STATES Hatching 59,594 59,674 1,837 1,892 1,095 1,129 Table 282,106 287,581 2,287 2,294 6,453 6,598 Total U.S. 341,700 347,255 2,209 2,225 7,547 7,726 [Results from the m onthly Chicken and Egg Report]. 1/ Totals m ay not add due to rounding. USDA/NASS COOPERATING WITH THE GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE POULTRY--VALUE OF PRODUCTION, GEORGIA, 1999-2004 1/ 1999 2000 2001 2002 --Thousand Dollars-- Commercial Broilers 2,293,445 2,029,005 2,432,235 1,935,750 Mature Chickens, Hatching Egg Flocks 16,940 20,898 11,380 10,329 Table Egg Flocks 140 188 104 93 All Chickens, Including Commercial Broilers 2,310,525 2,050,091 2,443,719 1,946,172 Eggs 379,142 369,913 367,887 355,968 All Poultry 2,689,667 2,420,004 2,811,606 2,302,140 1/ The production year begins Dec 1 previous year and ends Nov 30 current year. 2003 2,142,850 7,713 93 2,150,656 395,769 2,546,425 2004 2,857,580 8,013 155 2,865,748 394,223 3,259,971 COMMERCIAL POULTRY SLAUGHTER 1/--FEBRUARY AND MARCH 2005 Item Feb Mar % of Last Month --Thousands-- --Percent-- Young Chickens Georgia 96,228 106,673 111 United States 647,799 766,867 118 Mature Chickens Light Type, U.S. 5,249 6,148 117 Heavy Type, U.S. 4,506 6,500 144 Total U.S. 9,755 12,648 130 Percent Condemned Young Chickens --Percent-- Georgia 1.10 1.20 United States 1.32 1.12 1/ Federally inspected slaughter data as collected by Meat and Poultry Inspection Program . January to Date --Thousands-- 307,056 2,137,252 17,235 16,493 33,728 --Percent-- 1.01 1.12 Commodity Price per Unit PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS--APRIL 15, 2005 Georgia Apr 2004 Mar 2005 Apr 15, 2005 Apr 2004 United States Mar 2005 Apr 15, 2005 Cotton /Lb 59.40 40.70 39.80 1/ 60.30 41.50 42.00 1/ Peanuts, In-Shell /Lb 2/ 17.60 17.90 19.80 18.50 18.10 Calves /Lb 114.00 133.00 136.00 117.00 135.00 139.00 Beef Cattle 3/ /Lb 63.10 74.30 73.50 85.00 91.30 91.60 Cows 4/ /Lb 48.30 55.90 56.40 50.60 55.00 57.10 Steers & Heifers /Lb 89.30 102.00 104.00 88.90 95.50 95.60 [Results from the m onthly Prices Received by Farm ers]. 1/ Based on sales during the first half of the m onth. 2/ Insufficient sales to establish a price. 3/ "Cows" and "Steers and Heifers" combined. 4/ Beef cows and cull dairy cows sold for slaughter. INDEX NUMBERS, UNITED STATES 2004 Mar Apr UNITED STATES (1990-92= 100) Prices Received 121 125 Prices Paid 132 133 Ratio 1/ 92 94 [Results from the m onthly Prices Received by Farm ers]. 1/ Ratio of index of prices received by farm ers to index of prices paid. Mar 119 139 86 2005 Apr 120 140 86 Commodity Price per Unit FEED--PRICES PAID, APRIL 2005 2003 Southeast 2004 2005 Cottonseed Meal, 41% $/Cwt 15.10 Soybean Meal, 44% $/Cwt 16.90 Corn Meal $/Cwt 10.20 Broiler Grower $/Ton 191.00 Chick Starter $/Ton 195.00 Laying Feed $/Ton 176.00 Dairy Conct., 32-38% $/Ton 237.00 Beef Cattle Conct., 32%-36% $/Ton 290.00 [Results from Prices Paid by Farm ers]. 1/ Southeast: AL, FL, GA, and SC. 17.00 22.10 11.10 246.00 273.00 227.00 280.00 274.00 15.80 20.40 11.50 195.00 227.00 221.00 239.00 358.00 2003 16.60 14.50 9.90 234.00 241.00 232.00 311.00 290.00 United States 2004 18.40 19.60 9.84 278.00 299.00 249.00 381.00 342.00 2005 17.20 16.10 9.57 237.00 268.00 226.00 331.00 316.00 2 FARM WAGE RATES--APRIL 6-12, 2003, AND APRIL 11-17, 2004, BY REGION AND UNITED STATES 1/ Type of Hired Worker Wage Rates for All Hired Workers Field Livestock Field and Livestock Region 2003 2004 2003 2004 2003 2004 2003 2004 --Dollars per Hour-- Southeast 2/ US 3/ 8.71 8.42 7.58 7.88 8.78 8.71 8.07 8.12 9.16 9.22 8.40 8.46 8.75 8.95 8.49 8.58 See footnotes below. NUMBER OF HIRED WORKERS ON FARMS AND HOURS WORKED FOR THE WEEK APRIL 6-12, 2004, AND APRIL 6-12, 2005, BY REGION AND UNITED STATES 1/ Region Hired Workers Number Hours Worked 2003 2004 2003 2004 Expected to be Employed 150 Days or More 149 Days or Less 2003 2004 2003 2004 --1,000-- --Hours per Week-- --1,000-- Southeast 2/ US 3/ 27 37 37.0 37.1 21 27 781 825 40.1 40.7 619 648 [Results from the Agricultural Labor Survey]. 1/ Excludes agricultural service workers. 2/ Southeast: AL, GA, SC. 3/ Excludes AK. 6 162 10 177 STOCKS OF PEANUTS AND SPECIFIED PRODUCTS AT MONTH'S END, UNITED STATES--2005 1/ Farmer Stock Equivalent Month Ending Farmer Stocks Shelled Peanuts 2/ Roasting Stock (In Shell) Shelled Peanuts Total 3/ --Thousand Pounds-- Mar 1,580,890 741,784 76,988 986,573 2,644,451 [R esults from the P eanut S tocks and P rocessing R eport]. 1/ E xcludes stocks on farm s. Includes stocks owned by or held for account of C C C in com m ercial storages. Farm er stock on net weight basis. 2/ Includes shelled edible grades, shelled oil stock, and shelled seed (untreated). 3/ Actual farm er stock, plus roasting stock, plus shelled peanuts x 1.33. Area Harvested State 2004 2005 --1000 Acres-- GA 190 230 US 34,462 35,069 [Results based on the May Yield Survey]. WINTER WHEAT, 2004-2005 Yield 2004 2005 --Bushels-- 45.0 55.0 43.5 45.4 Production 2004 2005 --1,000 Bushels-- 8,550 1,499,434 12,650 1,590,862 State 2002 GA 1,295 US 102,978 [Results based on the May Yield Survey]. December 1 2003 1,494 111,027 HAY STOCKS ON FARMS, 2002-2005 2004 2003 --1,000 Tons-- 1,345 114,294 230 22,013 May 1 2004 342 25,947 2005 292 27,708 State GA US UPLAND COTTON--ACREAGE, YIELD, AND PRODUCTION, 2004 Planted Harvested Yield Production in 480-Lb. Net Weight Bales --1,000 Acres-- --Pounds-- --1,000 Bales-- 1,290.0 1,280.0 674 13,409.0 12,809.0 843 1,797.0 22,505.1 COTTONSEED--PRODUCTION AND FARM DISPOSITION, 2004 State Production Farm Disposition Sales to Oil Mills Other 1/ Seed for Planting 2/ --1,000 Tons-- GA 560.0 US 8,242.1 343.0 4,546.0 217.0 3,696.1 14.0 132.5 1/ Includes planting seed, feed, exports, inter-farm sales, shrinkage, loss, and other uses. 2/ Included in "other" farm disposition. Planting seed from previous year's crop. Type and State Upland GA All US COTTON GINNINGS: EQUIVALENT 480-POUND BALES GINNED, CROP YEARS 2003-2004 2003 2004 2,106,050 1,803,000 18,240,800 23,239,900 3 ALL TOBACCO--ACREAGE, YIELD, PRODUCTION AND VALUE OF PRODUCTION 2004 1/ State Area Harvested Yield Production Price per Pound Value of Production --Acres-- --Pounds-- --1,000 Pounds-- --Dollars-- --1,000 Dollars-- GA 23,000 2,030 46,690 1.835 85,676 US 408,040 2,155 879,227 1.988 2/ 1,747,614 2/ 1/ Revised. 2/ Includes estim ated 2004 value of production for CT and MA type 61. Used 2003 CT and MA type 61 price to com pute the 2004 value of production. MILK--PRODUCTION AND INCOME, 2003 1/-2004 2/ Georgia United States Item Unit 2003 2004 2003 2004 Number of Milk Cows 3/ Milk Production per Cow Total Milk Production Cash Receipts Value of Home Consumption 4/ Gross Income 5/ Thous Head Pounds Mil Lbs Mil Dol Mil Dol Mil Dol 85 16,988 1,444 192.0 0.1 192.2 84 16,857 1,416 235.5 0.2 235.7 9,083 18,760 170,394 21,238.7 19.8 21,258.5 9,010 18,957 170,805 27,367.9 24.4 27,392.3 [Results from the Milk Production Report]. 1/ Revised. 2/ May not add due to rounding. 3/ Average num ber during year, excluding heifers not yet fresh. 4/ Valued at averaged returns per 100 pounds of m ilk in com bined m arketings of m ilk and cream . 5/ Cash receipts from m arketings of m ilk and cream plus value of m ilk used for hom e consum ption. CATTLE--PRODUCTION AND INCOME, 2003-2004 Average Price per 100 Pounds Value of Production 1/ Marketings 2/ Cattle Calves Production Cash Value of Home Receipts 3/ Consumption Gross Income --Thousand Pounds-- --Dollars-- --Thousand Dollars-- 2003 5/ GA US 2004 GA US 448,139 42,242,705 462,321 41,501,303 519,990 56,758,262 510,790 53,764,917 53.60 79.70 66.10 85.90 95.80 102.00 118.00 119.00 283,067 32,112,931 353,513 34,887,821 328,798 45,092,283 395,833 47,295,574 3,626 384,290 4,387 427,865 332,424 45,476,573 400,220 47,723,439 [R esults published in the Meat Anim als P roduction, D isposition, and Incom e 2004 Sum m ary]. 1/ Adjustm ents m ade for changes in inventory and for inshipm ents. 2/ E xclud es custom slaughter for use on farm s where produced and interfarm sales within the State. 3/ Receipts from m arketings and sale of farm slaughter. 5/ 2003 revised. HOGS--PRODUCTION AND INCOME, 2003-2004 Production 1/ Average Price Value of Marketings 2/ per 100 Pounds Production 3/ Cash Receipts 3/4/ Value of Home Consumption Gross Income --Thousand Pounds-- --Dollars-- --Thousand Dollars-- --Thousand Dollars-- 2003 5/ GA US 155,543 26,260,140 169,916 27,173,703 36.40 37.20 58,505 9,663,024 68,834 10,618,027 369 27,774 69,203 10,645,801 2004 GA US 148,837 26,678,197 159,268 27,755,282 50.30 49.30 74,147 13,071,677 84,790 14,348,328 499 36,117 85,289 14,384,445 [R esults published in the Mea t A nim als P roduction, D isposition, and Incom e 2004 Sum m ary]. 1/ Adjustm ents m ade for changes in inventory and for inshipm ents. 2/ Excludes custom slaughter for use on farm s where produced and interfarm sales within the State. 3/ Includes allowance for higher average price of State inshipm ents and outshipm ents of feeder pigs. 4/ Receipts from m arketings and sale of farm slaughter. 5/ 2003 revised.